2. Practitioners Course Level 2
Diploma in Ayurveda
Practitioners Course
Level 2
Medicine class
07th March 2019

3. Different fats and oils used in Ayurveda
Grita- ghee- cow’s ghee, buffalo’s ghee, goat’s ghee, camel’s ghee, sheep’s ghee, woman’s ghee, Mare’s ghee
Taila - plant based oils-Sesame oil, Coconut oil, Caster oil, Mustard oil
Vasa- animal fat
Majja – bone marrow

4. Medicated oils and medicated fatty preparations
Oils prepared with various base oils and or ghee with decoctions and pastes
Main ingredients- in the form of juice or decoction
Oils/ milk/ rice water
Paste of powders
Medicated ghee
juices and or decoctions
ghee
Special ghee preparations- purified and fortified ghee

5. Contd.. Generally the proportion should be - liquids 4 : oil/ ghee 1
If milk is added- liquids 3: ghee 1: milk 1
Preparation should not be completed in 1 day. It can vary 2 days to 7 days
There are 3 different cooking stages based on the nature of the kalka (paste)
Mridu paaka - nasya
Madyama paaka - paana and vasti
khara paaka - abyanga (external applications)
Fragrances can be added once the oil is filtered

6. Mridu paaka-
when some kalka put to fire- produce burning sound
sticky paste
Madyama paaka –
no burning sound produced
paste is not sticky and can be made into rolls when rubbed between fingers
Khara paaka
the paste can’t be rolled without breaking

7. Medicated oils Ashwagandha oil Kumari oil Mahanarayana oil
Neelyadi oil
Pinda oil
Sarshapadi oil
Tripala oil
Sarvavishadi oil

8. Ashwagandha oil Root of ashwagandha, bebila- main ingredients
16 other ingredients including ashwagandha, bebila, red sandal wood, vetiveria, liquorice, shatawari, cedar wood, manjishta
Sesame oil
Cows milk, rice water
Long term use can increase vata
Pacify pitta

9. Indications :
Muscle wasting and weakness
Sexual dysfunctions
All kinds of lung disorders
Weight loss
Contraindications :
Very dry skin
Skin inflammations
Skin disorders

10. Kumari oil
Fresh juice of three herbs including aloe, rasakinda (guduchi/giloy- Tinospora cordifolia)and kowakka (Ivy gourd- Coccinia grandis)
Sesame oil and cows milk
11 other ingredients in kalka including water lily tubers, white sandal wood, vetiveria, manjishta, trikatu
Mrudu paka

11. Indications
Good for nasya and external application
Insomnia
Pitta related mental disorders
Eye disorders due to pitta imbalance
Pitta related headaches- migraines
Contraindications (for head)
Kapha constitutions
Kapha imbalances

12. Mahanarayana oil Main ingredients- bala and dasha mul
Decoction of 77 ingredients
63 ingredients of kalka
Sesame oil
Indications
all kinds of vata disorders- paralysis, facial paralysis
MS, sciatica
menstrual pains, pain and discomforts in vagina

13. Neelyadi oil
Fresh juice of 5 ingredients- madatiya (red lucky seed tree- Adenanthera pavonina), ankenda (Claw flowered laurel - Acronychia pedunculata), nil awariya (indigo blue-Indigofera tinctoria), diya habarala, wel keppetiya
Kalka of 11 ingredients
Coconut milk and coconut oil
Internal and external use (pana and abyanga)

14. Indications
Bleeding disorders- per rectum, per vagina
Skin disorders
Given to pregnant mother to prevent skin disorders in baby
Piles, fissures and fistula
Pitta related headaches, burning sensation of head and eyes, insomnia
Fractures, dislocations, sprains
Contraindications
Kapha constitutions
Kapha imbalance

15. Pinda oil No decoction or juice
Kalka of 4 ingredients including manjishta, vetiveria, liquorice and hal dummala (Vateria copallifera)
Sesame oil, bees wax
Powder of the ingredients are mixed with oil, strain next day.
Bees wax is mixed last
highly used in cosmetics- lip balms, moisturizers, hand cream, eye shadow
treats skin disorders
anti-bacterial effect

16. Bees wax in Ayurveda Synonyms-
madhuchishta, sikta, madana, madhu shesha, madhushith
Qualities - mridu (soft), snigdha (unctuous)
Therapeutic uses
vrana shodhana -cleansing the wound
vranaropana -healing the wound
Bhagna sandhanakrit - The substance used for treating fractures by its binding capacity
Vataraktahara – disorders related to vata and rakta
Kushta hara –cures skin disease
Visarpahara -cures disease like herpes

17. Prepare without heating, cook in sun light
Sarshapadi oil
3 ingredients-
mustered oil
camphor
turpentine
Prepare without heating, cook in sun light
Pacify kapha and vata, increase pitta

18. Indications :
Reduce swelling due to water retention
Relieves pain
Sprains and cramps
Asthma
Contraindications:
Skin damages and inflammations
Long term use for vata disorders
Burns and skin disorders

19. Decoction of 10 ingredients
Tripala oil
Decoction of 10 ingredients
Kalka of 20 ingredients including tripala, turmeric, mustard, sweet flag, ginger
Sesame oil
Used for internal use, external applications, enema, nasya, mouth wash
Pacifies tridosha

20. Used for internal and external use (nasya, pana, abyanga)
Sarvavishadi oil
Fresh (leaf and bark) juice of 29 herbs including moringa, neem, shatawari, cinnamon, caster, ginger
Five basic oils- sesame, caster, mee (Maduca longifolia), neem oil and ghee
Coconut milk
Powder of 19 ingredients including cumins, red and white sandal wood, tripala, trikatu, garlic, asafoetida
Used for internal and external use (nasya, pana, abyanga)

21. Properties of ghee Rasa : Madhura Guna : Guru, Snigdha, Mirdu
Veerya : Sita
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Agnideepana,rucya,
Ayushya, Balya, Cakshushya
Hidya
Kaantiprada,tvacya,
Medhya rasayana, Ojovardhaka
vata pitta shamaka, Shleshmavardhaka
Snehana, Shukravardhaka
Vayaasthapna, Vishahara, Virsya

22. Brahmi grita- internal use Triphala grita- internal and external use
Medicated ghee
Brahmi grita- internal use
Triphala grita- internal and external use
Phala grita, phala kalyana grita
Chagaladi grita
Varnaka grita- external use only

23. Juice of brahmi (Bacopa monerii)- main ingredient
Brahmi grita
Juice of brahmi (Bacopa monerii)- main ingredient
kalka- brahmi, vacha (sweet flag), kushta, shanka pushpi (Convolvulus pluricaulis)
Indications:
vata disorders like
epilepsy
anxiety

24. Shanka pushpi - Convolvulus pluricaulis
Looks like common morning glory
Pacify tridosha
Effective on central nervous system, specially as a memory booster and helps in improving intellect
Also used in chronic cough, sleeplessness, epilepsy, hallucinations, and anxiety
Being a liver cleanser it is used for for liver diseases, cytotoxic and viral diseases

25. Phala grita and phala kalyana grita
For all kinds of female disorders
Both the preparations contain fresh juice of shatawari
Milk is included
Ghee should be made from milk obtained from a cow that has a live cub

26. Purified and fortified ghee preparation
Shata dhauta grita- 100 times washed ghee
After washing it becomes a white/ light yellow, odorless, tasteless, non oily homogenous mixture
The best moisturizer mentioned in Ayurveda and helps wrinkles
Burns and irritations (Herpes zoster- shingle)
Removes scars
Skin disorders
Reduces Pitta skin disorders -inflammation ,allergies ,eczema,rosacea, psoriasis
Relieves nappy rash- safe for babies